560 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



minutes behind tlie door matching the old birds feeding their 



young. 



Average of 7 Lucknow and Fatelig-arli eg-gs . . •7'>" X "oS" 

 Measurement of largest egg -78" x '52" 



In ' The Ibis' for January 1902, p. 19, Messrs. Rothschild 

 and Wollaston, in their paper on " Birds from Shendi, 

 Sudan/' speak of the eggs of this bird an pure tv kite ; but 

 this is, I fancy, a very uncommon variety. 



No. 823. HiRUNDo ERYTHROPYGiA. Sijkes's Striated 

 Swallow. 



This Striated or Red-rumped Swallow is common during 

 the cold weather, though rather locally distributed. I have 

 also seen the bird in May, and again during the rains. 

 Whether it ever breeds with us or not, I am uncertain. The 

 majority assuredly do not. The only place where I have seen 

 the nests — retort-shaped structures of mud — was in an old 

 fort near Delhi. 



No. 826. MoTACiLLA ALBA. TV/lite Wagtail. 



No. 829. MoTACiLLA PERsoNATA. Masked Wagtail. 



These two birds, known to the natives as " Dhobin " — 

 i. e., Dhobie's (washerman's) wife, — are common during the 

 cold weather, coming in September and departing in April. 

 The second is, perhaps, the more numerous of the two. They 

 may be found almost anywhere — about rivers and j heels, in 

 gardens and topes, on lawns and ploughed fields. 



No. 831. MoTACiLLA MADERASPATENSis. Large Pied Wag- 

 tail. 



Khanjan, Dhobin [H.], 



This bird is a permanent resident and is common wherever 

 there is any water. It occurs in pairs or singly, never in 

 flocks, as is often the case with other Wagtails. 



It breeds from March to May, but most eggs are hatched 

 by the middle of April. The nest is a bulky structure of 

 grass, tow, rags, feathers, and hair, placed in some nook or 

 hole under a bridge, in a native boat, or any convenient spot 

 near water. The eggs are three or four in number, greyish 



